Site Idea: Improving EC Economy

pegasasu • 14 March 2014 at 10:06 PM

[ Inspired by @hayz ❤️ ]

Problem: EC is losing value. Quickly. Rare creatures used to go for at max one million (in my four years on EggCave), but now, creatures are going for 30+ million. :x

Causes: Obviously, EggCave is an older site now. More EC is being distributed to a growing user base because more and more people are feeding more and more creatures.

Solution: Provide an outlet for people to spend EC to refund that EC back into the system.

Possible Outlets:
- [ Protein Boosts: ] Similar to the concept of Tim's. Buy a candy/food/etc. that lasts one day for the creature that doubles the amounts of feeds/views/clicks it gets.


Feel free to add outlets! It would be awesome if everyone could work together to improve EggCave~

...oh my gosh what am I doing with my life instead of doing econ homework I'm analyzing a website's economy ahA-- //shot

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pegasasu • 16 March 2014 at 10:09 AM

@frosted

...yeah, what you said! //killed

But for real, thank you. ^^ You provided a much more educated and eloquent opinion on this topic.

What really needs to happen is the implementation of a new feature that costs a large amount of EC. Examples of attempts at that are the new SAR creatures and such. There needs to be something that EVERYONE would really need, so that the surplus of EC is refunded back into the system. That way, people with stockpiles of some 30 million EC don't just have that much lying around and see it useless.

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pegasasu • 16 March 2014 at 10:54 AM

@frosted

Oh yeah, I did see a couple of the creatures go for insanely high prices.

And wait, what are you talking about with the 2mil per CSP thing? I'm not sure what that is, I think. ^^;

The Creature Auctions are helpful slightly; maybe if EggCave sponsored a few auctions it would be helpful to get rid of the EC?

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pegasasu • 16 March 2014 at 11:38 AM

@frosted

Ohhh. Yep, I can definitely see that CC going like that. -snaps-

I'm trying to think of things that could help elevate the value of EC, but... I'm failing. c:

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pegasasu • 16 March 2014 at 12:24 PM

@frosted

Those are really interesting ideas! Mind if I add them to the list? ^^

bluenatty • 16 March 2014 at 2:30 PM

@pegasasu

About your Protein Boosts idea, maybe there could be a similar food that would prevent a creature from gaining certain stats for a day. Such as if a creature that ate a food that blocks its click stats from going up, then it could still be clicked and fed, without the click stat going up, therefore allowing it to level up quicker than by only being viewed while also not evolving. Or if it blocked feeds then it could still be fed to keep it happy without it evolving. 😊

(I feel like I explained that badly, so just tell me if you want me to explain in different words xD)

pegasasu • 16 March 2014 at 6:34 PM

@bluenatty

I think I get what you're saying! It's kind of like a temporary freeze, right? If the creature ate the food, it would be stalled at the stage it was at, no matter how many views/clicks/feeds it had, right?

bluenatty • 16 March 2014 at 7:16 PM

@pegasasu
Yeah, exactly 😊 It would help users that are waiting for freezes and such ^^

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liza200aa • 17 March 2014 at 8:05 AM

@pegasasu
It'd be neat if there were some money drains. As in, you put in money, and no other user gets it, it just goes away (like with the TA).
A way I think it could be done is a way similar to how callas came to the SAR: there's a huge EC goal, and all of the users could contribute to it to unlock some sort of creature/feature/location.
There could also be creature foregrounds, which overlap the creature and the travel. (I made a suggestion for those a bit ago)

pegasasu • 17 March 2014 at 9:23 AM

@frosted

...can you please become a mod? *^* That event sounds awesome!

Also, how do I allow EggCave to show ads? I use AdBlock Plus for Firefox.

I myself have never bought CC, but it definitely would've been useful in trading and gaining dreamies :/

@liza200aa

Ooh, that's interesting. May I add that to the list?

crunchyoreo25 • 17 March 2014 at 9:54 AM

@pegasasu
This idea was from a long time ago, but many people seemed to like it, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring it up again.
It's the idea of a "Thief Shop", where you could buy "mystery" eggs (though you can only get cave creatures or thief shop exclusive creatures).
Here's the thread: http://eggcave.com/forums/topic/3853/

All credit goes to @crooton1 for such a great idea 😊

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crunchyoreo25 • 17 March 2014 at 11:46 AM

@frosted
Wow. You have a lot of ideas 😱 Haha I'm hardly creative enough to think of even one 😋

And for the Summon Stone idea, I think there should be a 50/50 chance of that particular creature appearing, to prevent an overflow of Wahlas, for example.

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liza200aa • 18 March 2014 at 2:49 PM

@pegasasu
Sure. 😊

spiritkoi • 18 March 2014 at 2:59 PM

@frosted I love that idea for that event! You could involve Howard East, the scientist who made that giant Idola. 😋 And Zero_chaos's Soriens would be fed a lot. xD

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chapus • 22 March 2014 at 1:51 PM

@frosted Why are you [x] all your posts? D: Sounded like you had good ideas!

@pegasasu Yes, I have to agree with this, EC is quickly losing value! The protein idea sounds good! 😃

pegasasu • 22 March 2014 at 1:51 PM

@chapus2009

Thank you! @status so true T-T

chapus • 22 March 2014 at 2:09 PM

@pegasasu Yup. :c Oh, also, maybe it could be fun if we could buy freezes/CC items with EC, but with only large amounts. Not CSP creatures though, or else CC will lose all it's value. :c Only problem with my suggestion is that it might decrease the value of the items, >_< But, I would maybe just do it with the resurrection stone, because only the user can resurrect their own creatures. :c And it sucks for people who lose a hard earned creature and are unable to get back because they can buy CC...

pegasasu • 22 March 2014 at 4:20 PM

@chapus2009

I agree. Maybe... 10-15 mil for a freeze, or something like that? But only happens, say, once a month, like Double Feed Day?

Deleted • 22 March 2014 at 8:33 PM

@chapus2009
I hidden them 😊

purrclan • 22 March 2014 at 9:24 PM

@frosted
Whyyyyyy? I want to see your good ideas! D:

Deleted • 22 March 2014 at 9:25 PM

@purrclan
It's a mystery 8D

windchill • 22 March 2014 at 9:33 PM

Maybe if the cost of scince center creatures could go down.
Or the limit of offering on trading lot should be lower.
Same with acutions
Some things are just too pricey these days. ☹️

@pegasasu